• From the obituary of Lonnie Bedwell, from the Wellington (Kansas) Daily News (wellingtondailynews.com):
Lonnie Bedwell, 95, of Wellington, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington. Burial will be in the LeRoy Cemetery in Leroy.
Lonnie Floyd Bedwell was born on Aug. 2, 1912 in a dirt floor "dug out" near Eagle City in Blaine County, Okla., the son of Otto Perkins Bedwell and Gertrude Maude Mullen Bedwell. He was raised to adulthood by his maternal grandparents-John Edward and Mary Ann Wilson Mullen. The family emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada and lived there until the age of four at which time he returned to Oklahoma with his mother and newly born sister, Eva, born in Canada.
Lonnie attended primary and first grade of school at Eagle City, Okla., for a year, then moved to LeRoy, Kan., with his mother, sister and grandparents where he completed grade school education in a one room country school.
He spent a year of high school in LeRoy and then moved with grandparents to Los Angeles and Lomita, Calif., where he competed two more years of schooling. During the summer months, he drove a dump truck thoughout the Los Angeles and Hollywood area and one summer excavating pavement at Hollywood and Vine intersection in front of Warner Brothers Studio. He rode a messenger service delivery bicycle in greater Los Angeles and Beverly Hills metropolitan areas. He moved back to Kansas during the great depression and finished high school in 1934.
Lonnie farmed a couple of years and then attended and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia with the class of 1940 with a BS Degree in Natural Sciences. Taught one year at Lakin, Kan., and got "caught up" in the war effort of WW II.
Lonnie was united in marriage with LaVerne Christine Crotts on May 30, 1941 in the Christian Church parsonage in LeRoy, Kansas, at 7:00 P.M. and immediately took a job with the US Civil Service in its Technical Training Command at Chanute Field, Ill., and Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. Lonnie was transferred to B-29 Flight Engineer's Training Command, Smokey Hill Airbase in Salina, and Lowrey Field in Denver, Colo., until volunteering for the US Navy in Denver. He was then assigned to Naval Aviation to the end of the war and discharged at the Naval Air Station on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, La.
After discharge, he earned a Masters Degree from Kansas State University. He taught Natural Science subjects in high school and Jr. Colleges for over 30 years in Independence, Arkansas City and Argonia while retiring at age 65. Lonnie has been living many wonderful years in Wellington, where the East meets West on the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad. Lonnie was a member of the LeRoy Kansas Christian Church, Masonic Lodge No. 27, and Alumni Association. As well as National Physics Society, National Education Association and the Retired Officers Association.
Surviving to honor his memory are his daughter Lonene Ackerman and husband Lyle of Shawnee; brothers Melvin and Dean Moore of Naches, Wash.; three granddaughters Heather Ackerman of Overland Park, Monica Kertchmar and husband Marc of Wichita, Michelle Reiswig and husband Mike of Goddard; grandson Brent Ackerman and wife Maria of Belle Aire; and six great granddaughters.
Preceding him in death were his parents, wife of 54 years, sister Eva Nelson and brother Burton Brown.
Lonnie Bedwell, 95, of Wellington, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington. Burial will be in the LeRoy Cemetery in Leroy.
Lonnie Floyd Bedwell was born on Aug. 2, 1912 in a dirt floor "dug out" near Eagle City in Blaine County, Okla., the son of Otto Perkins Bedwell and Gertrude Maude Mullen Bedwell. He was raised to adulthood by his maternal grandparents-John Edward and Mary Ann Wilson Mullen. The family emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada and lived there until the age of four at which time he returned to Oklahoma with his mother and newly born sister, Eva, born in Canada.
Lonnie attended primary and first grade of school at Eagle City, Okla., for a year, then moved to LeRoy, Kan., with his mother, sister and grandparents where he completed grade school education in a one room country school.
He spent a year of high school in LeRoy and then moved with grandparents to Los Angeles and Lomita, Calif., where he competed two more years of schooling. During the summer months, he drove a dump truck thoughout the Los Angeles and Hollywood area and one summer excavating pavement at Hollywood and Vine intersection in front of Warner Brothers Studio. He rode a messenger service delivery bicycle in greater Los Angeles and Beverly Hills metropolitan areas. He moved back to Kansas during the great depression and finished high school in 1934.
Lonnie farmed a couple of years and then attended and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia with the class of 1940 with a BS Degree in Natural Sciences. Taught one year at Lakin, Kan., and got "caught up" in the war effort of WW II.
Lonnie was united in marriage with LaVerne Christine Crotts on May 30, 1941 in the Christian Church parsonage in LeRoy, Kansas, at 7:00 P.M. and immediately took a job with the US Civil Service in its Technical Training Command at Chanute Field, Ill., and Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. Lonnie was transferred to B-29 Flight Engineer's Training Command, Smokey Hill Airbase in Salina, and Lowrey Field in Denver, Colo., until volunteering for the US Navy in Denver. He was then assigned to Naval Aviation to the end of the war and discharged at the Naval Air Station on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, La.
After discharge, he earned a Masters Degree from Kansas State University. He taught Natural Science subjects in high school and Jr. Colleges for over 30 years in Independence, Arkansas City and Argonia while retiring at age 65. Lonnie has been living many wonderful years in Wellington, where the East meets West on the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad. Lonnie was a member of the LeRoy Kansas Christian Church, Masonic Lodge No. 27, and Alumni Association. As well as National Physics Society, National Education Association and the Retired Officers Association.
Surviving to honor his memory are his daughter Lonene Ackerman and husband Lyle of Shawnee; brothers Melvin and Dean Moore of Naches, Wash.; three granddaughters Heather Ackerman of Overland Park, Monica Kertchmar and husband Marc of Wichita, Michelle Reiswig and husband Mike of Goddard; grandson Brent Ackerman and wife Maria of Belle Aire; and six great granddaughters.
Preceding him in death were his parents, wife of 54 years, sister Eva Nelson and brother Burton Brown.
• From the obituary of Lonnie Bedwell, from the Wellington (Kansas) Daily News (wellingtondailynews.com):
Lonnie Bedwell, 95, of Wellington, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington. Burial will be in the LeRoy Cemetery in Leroy.
Lonnie Floyd Bedwell was born on Aug. 2, 1912 in a dirt floor "dug out" near Eagle City in Blaine County, Okla., the son of Otto Perkins Bedwell and Gertrude Maude Mullen Bedwell. He was raised to adulthood by his maternal grandparents-John Edward and Mary Ann Wilson Mullen. The family emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada and lived there until the age of four at which time he returned to Oklahoma with his mother and newly born sister, Eva, born in Canada.
Lonnie attended primary and first grade of school at Eagle City, Okla., for a year, then moved to LeRoy, Kan., with his mother, sister and grandparents where he completed grade school education in a one room country school.
He spent a year of high school in LeRoy and then moved with grandparents to Los Angeles and Lomita, Calif., where he competed two more years of schooling. During the summer months, he drove a dump truck thoughout the Los Angeles and Hollywood area and one summer excavating pavement at Hollywood and Vine intersection in front of Warner Brothers Studio. He rode a messenger service delivery bicycle in greater Los Angeles and Beverly Hills metropolitan areas. He moved back to Kansas during the great depression and finished high school in 1934.
Lonnie farmed a couple of years and then attended and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia with the class of 1940 with a BS Degree in Natural Sciences. Taught one year at Lakin, Kan., and got "caught up" in the war effort of WW II.
Lonnie was united in marriage with LaVerne Christine Crotts on May 30, 1941 in the Christian Church parsonage in LeRoy, Kansas, at 7:00 P.M. and immediately took a job with the US Civil Service in its Technical Training Command at Chanute Field, Ill., and Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. Lonnie was transferred to B-29 Flight Engineer's Training Command, Smokey Hill Airbase in Salina, and Lowrey Field in Denver, Colo., until volunteering for the US Navy in Denver. He was then assigned to Naval Aviation to the end of the war and discharged at the Naval Air Station on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, La.
After discharge, he earned a Masters Degree from Kansas State University. He taught Natural Science subjects in high school and Jr. Colleges for over 30 years in Independence, Arkansas City and Argonia while retiring at age 65. Lonnie has been living many wonderful years in Wellington, where the East meets West on the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad. Lonnie was a member of the LeRoy Kansas Christian Church, Masonic Lodge No. 27, and Alumni Association. As well as National Physics Society, National Education Association and the Retired Officers Association.
Surviving to honor his memory are his daughter Lonene Ackerman and husband Lyle of Shawnee; brothers Melvin and Dean Moore of Naches, Wash.; three granddaughters Heather Ackerman of Overland Park, Monica Kertchmar and husband Marc of Wichita, Michelle Reiswig and husband Mike of Goddard; grandson Brent Ackerman and wife Maria of Belle Aire; and six great granddaughters.
Preceding him in death were his parents, wife of 54 years, sister Eva Nelson and brother Burton Brown.
Lonnie Bedwell, 95, of Wellington, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington. Burial will be in the LeRoy Cemetery in Leroy.
Lonnie Floyd Bedwell was born on Aug. 2, 1912 in a dirt floor "dug out" near Eagle City in Blaine County, Okla., the son of Otto Perkins Bedwell and Gertrude Maude Mullen Bedwell. He was raised to adulthood by his maternal grandparents-John Edward and Mary Ann Wilson Mullen. The family emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada and lived there until the age of four at which time he returned to Oklahoma with his mother and newly born sister, Eva, born in Canada.
Lonnie attended primary and first grade of school at Eagle City, Okla., for a year, then moved to LeRoy, Kan., with his mother, sister and grandparents where he completed grade school education in a one room country school.
He spent a year of high school in LeRoy and then moved with grandparents to Los Angeles and Lomita, Calif., where he competed two more years of schooling. During the summer months, he drove a dump truck thoughout the Los Angeles and Hollywood area and one summer excavating pavement at Hollywood and Vine intersection in front of Warner Brothers Studio. He rode a messenger service delivery bicycle in greater Los Angeles and Beverly Hills metropolitan areas. He moved back to Kansas during the great depression and finished high school in 1934.
Lonnie farmed a couple of years and then attended and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia with the class of 1940 with a BS Degree in Natural Sciences. Taught one year at Lakin, Kan., and got "caught up" in the war effort of WW II.
Lonnie was united in marriage with LaVerne Christine Crotts on May 30, 1941 in the Christian Church parsonage in LeRoy, Kansas, at 7:00 P.M. and immediately took a job with the US Civil Service in its Technical Training Command at Chanute Field, Ill., and Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. Lonnie was transferred to B-29 Flight Engineer's Training Command, Smokey Hill Airbase in Salina, and Lowrey Field in Denver, Colo., until volunteering for the US Navy in Denver. He was then assigned to Naval Aviation to the end of the war and discharged at the Naval Air Station on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, La.
After discharge, he earned a Masters Degree from Kansas State University. He taught Natural Science subjects in high school and Jr. Colleges for over 30 years in Independence, Arkansas City and Argonia while retiring at age 65. Lonnie has been living many wonderful years in Wellington, where the East meets West on the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad. Lonnie was a member of the LeRoy Kansas Christian Church, Masonic Lodge No. 27, and Alumni Association. As well as National Physics Society, National Education Association and the Retired Officers Association.
Surviving to honor his memory are his daughter Lonene Ackerman and husband Lyle of Shawnee; brothers Melvin and Dean Moore of Naches, Wash.; three granddaughters Heather Ackerman of Overland Park, Monica Kertchmar and husband Marc of Wichita, Michelle Reiswig and husband Mike of Goddard; grandson Brent Ackerman and wife Maria of Belle Aire; and six great granddaughters.
Preceding him in death were his parents, wife of 54 years, sister Eva Nelson and brother Burton Brown.
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